<p>all i read about is how a good admissions essays stand out and is unique and etc. etc. but how exactly do you do that?</p>
<p>Pick a subject you can write freely and emotionally about. Pour your soul into it, then edit, edit, edit.</p>
<p>definitely. Don't worry about being original and unique in the sense that no one else is writing about your topic, because with 20,000 applicants, someone probably is.<br>
You have to find something personal, that's about you. Some of the best essays can be about simple things, but it reveals the writer's personality.<br>
If you think of a topic that is important to you and significant in your life, it will be as "unique" as it needs to be. </p>
<p>Yeah, like tkm256 said, edit, edit, and edit. then edit again. I wrote mine in August and I'm still making changes,lol.</p>
<p>lol what's the topic?</p>
<p>I spent three weeks writing two essays that I thought a college would like to see. They were interesting well written, and heavily edited. I wrote one random essay on one random topic in one night, showed all three to my counselor, and he told me that the random one is one of the best he's read in years. And he used to work in college admissions. This isn't to brag, this is just to say that following a formula usually ends up in boring formulaic essays.</p>
<p>lol I saw a thread where someone was going to write an essay on poop...now I can't find that thread anymore :(</p>